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383 Mass. 874

Commonwealth v. Cain

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1981-04-09

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently February 1985

3 state decisions

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Decided 1981-04-09

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¶1The defendant’s appeal from his conviction for assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon is founded on the judge’s denial of his motion to exclude from evidence certified copies of records of convictions pursuant to G. L. c. 233, § 21. He argues a denial of the rights of due process and fair trial in art. 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights and in the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. There was no error.

¶2This court responded to all the arguments of the defendant in Commonwealth v. Diaz, ante 73, 75-82 (1981), and Commonwealth v. Caldron, ante 86, 94 (1981).

¶3Judgment affirmed.

Gary A. Nickerson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.James R. McMahon, Jr., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.
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